Improvement in machine for planting cotton-seed and corn



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A NDR-EW li UNSll-E'lliE'l-l AND ALBERT WINDE'CK, OF lPEORIA, ILLINOIS.

Marsman; No. 75,466, @ed March 1o, 11868.

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Beit hnownthat we, ANDREW RUNsrsrLnn and ALBERT WINDECK, of the ctynndconnty of'Pera, and State of Illinois, have invented anew and useful lMachine for Planting Cotton and Corn; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, land exact description of the construction andopeintion of the same,

reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part oi this specicntion, in which- Figurcfl is a perspective vien', Figure2 a plan,v i lFigure 3, longitudinal elevation, Figure 4, longitudinal section ofhopper and corn-drill.

i Figure 5, driving-rod and reciprocating slide; Y A

Figure 6, crank and pinion,

.Figure 7, shaft,

Figure 8, elevationV of corn-drill.

- Figure 9, birds-eye view of same.

v .Figure 10, elevation and side view of eorndrill-or cylinder. Figure 11,-`transverse section ,of corn-drill complete. l i l Figure 12, bird's-eye view of cut-od'uiportion. Figure 13, perspective view fsanoe,4 Figure 14,' perspective view of forli: i, This machine consists of a frame, about four lfeet long vby twenty inches wide, of two' by three-inch Wooden bars, two (A B) composing each side', and three (C D E) running crosswise, one at each end, and one across middle of frame, the'end onesbcing firmly bolted; the middle bar being movable up and down, und holds the hopper. This frame `issupported and carried bythe roller or coverer F, of.wood or metal, about eighteen inohe` in'diamete'rvby twelve and one-halt` inches long, situated between the rear cross-bars D Cr This roller carries on its outer side a cogged metal wheelg-N, about ten inches in diameter, which tnrnsthe pinion L, which is` three and onefhalfinches in diameter, and is hung in 'the bearing or box m, and whose axle n has on its outer end the crank K, with a slet in its arm, by which means the driving-rod J, about one foot 1ong,works the reciprocating 4 slide I either more or less in extent,A by regulating same by means of bolt and nut y'. The reciprocator I has c ogs on itsjnnder side, at its forward end, and is about eighteen inches long by one and one-quarter wide, and five-s ixt'eenths afan inch thick, and runs under the roller y,.which issupported the bearing z, and also v between the roller o and pinionp inthe box H, attached to outside of the hopper'Gu This 'roller o is about one undone-quarter inch in diameter, and of same width as reciprocator or slideI. The pinion p is also of same width, and about two inches in diameter, is fastened to the shaft e, running through side of hopper to a nutv and washer on opposite side of same. This pinion conveysthe motiomfrolp the reciprocator Ito the shaft on which the forks d ef are fastened. The-shaft is about eighteen inches long` by about five-eighths of an'inch diameter. The arms of"4 the forks d ef are about five 'and one-'half inches in extent, or from point to point, and are placed two inches apart, thc-centre one lbeing over the hole in bottom ofi-hopper, and thcs'e'on each side' are so arranged its' to almost touch side and bottom of hopper over the box O with their pontsf- The hopper G, which'is about twenty inches across on the top,` and nine inches at bottom, and sixteen inches from front to rear on top, by ltive and one-lxalf inciiesratthe bottom, is hnn'g tot'he 'cross-bnr D in therniddle raf-machine. In the bottom of hopper is a hole of'abouttwo and three-quarter inches bytwo in'ches,'opening into the' shank b, of c'ast'iron, and

.which shanlcis about eight inches in length, and same calibre as .hole just descri'bed.- v'.lhe runner a connects the shank-with the forward cross-bar E, andis fastened thereto by bolts, 85e.- -In the bottom of hopper, and made' to t 'iteloselyris af box, of wood, O, (to be used when planting cotton with this machine,) having au opening or hole the same size as that belowinbottom of hopper, and lined on Aits inner edge with.tin (von c) or 'other smooth metal, and which liningextends down'intolthe shank 6 six inches, Across the hol'e or tin box run three rfmore wires, w :1: y, the centre wire, :c, being bent at its' middle upwards, so as to strike the cottonand seeds outof fork. The other wires, wiy, are parallel with this one, andin the plane ofthe orbit of forks, and their distances can be regulated as required. The stirrer P, hung `on the brace connecting the handles M M,

2 7s, se e projects over the'lopper- Gr, und-having thrleeiecth, 'euch six' inches long, bya lanereimotion-is used teclear the' cotton from the forks'o'n'd'seed. The cornldrill, composed of 'the drill R und vcut-ofi` l5,1513 placed u'pon shaft c (after removing forks) whenvmachsine i's required to drop cor'n.- The .drill Ris a.' circulzi-box of metck-sir:

inches ,in diameter, and two and a. quarterinches. deep,'ndthree-eighths of :'m inch thick, and 'slides on to shaft cof hopper, and is 'fastened with set-screw. This'd'rillR is prouidedwitli two slides Afor passage of corn, one on eachsid'e of its circumference, three in'clies-eachlongby three-quarters'f'a'n inchiwide, ;These slides more in slots or. gijoo'ves,xand'ore 'adjusted by boltsto lugs'on 'hack of cylinder. 'The hnlf cylinder,"csllcd .the cnt-o', .5, is also of ir on"or other metal, of s'nme thickness as drill R, and which admits scid drill or iron cylinder into it,

and thus'lialf enclosing same. 1 It" has on its lower side :in opening, two inches in 'diemetexg over whichpojects ,about the lthickness of, s iidiutendd to admit, the. '(lri'll'Rv'lan iron or t'ongueof metal, T, riveted at. its-bcse to the inner side of cut-off -hole just described. On each side of the' tongue 'are Athe two \cu t-o` s, properlyso "called, 1 2', connected by a spring, (liat,) rivetedv by its middle 'into centre of tongue, sind at' its two ends to vcach eut-off, amls'intended to press firmly 'againstl enyeor'n that may happen to clog4 the 'free passage of that already in the slides of drill. For. raising o'r lowering the runner, the'support Z of the cross-bar D'and hopper G, hsvig a; slot't'herein und bolt, is loosened and" adjusted .tote'nit 'lThese are on tlie inside 'of frame.- The 'VV-shaped barrow front of machine 's uttccbed torcer of shafts, behind horse, und is, 'cach hrm, about two feet long by about three' inches squnr'etan'd the'whole barrow-has five 'teeth or more.-

The operationef this ma'chine'isas follows: On starting for eld, the runner is raised from the ground'by pressure 'on the handles M M lalso the same' plan 'is pursued when, turning machine.' If machine. is `required for planting 'corn-,the forks d efnre removed from the shaft c by' taking out the serewslfdstening the pinionbox H to side of hopper G; then' sliding on tothe elia-ft the'cormdrill R, und fastening it., removing the' box '0, aud-inscrting the wooden perforated'block Q'. in itsplac'e', 'in which lies the cut-olf" S 'part of drill; thcn 'replace end of ehufbo'ndpnion-box. '.lheeorn` being put into the hopper, th'edrill lets tlns'sc-:e'd` 'into theshank i twice in each revolution, und the herrow'previouslypreparing the grond, the rollen or covere'r finishes the Work'.`

For'pla'ntng cotton', the'boir O-is retained, as else' the forks cl'e '.lhe seed isV placed in .the h'op'p'er until inll, and is 'then raked by the stirrer'P eccesionslly'. The forksfd cf, movedby the crankjK and reciprocatingslide I, make one rey'olution forwards and one.baclwurds n t-each' revolution of crunk, und morethsnth'at 's till,

if required, by lengtheningthe' attachment at crank, orl'es's motion by shortening saine, icl `'This re'ci'pro'c'nting motion of forks thoroughly'separntes the threads about the seeds from'the seeds, vund with the assi-stancel ofthe centre wire :v inthe box O, which cleansthe middle fork," and the'side wires w y, which regulate the supply of vseed to shank b, the seed is evenly'distribu'ted to the soil. The harrow above described, preceding the shank" and runner, further 'promotes the.' admission of the seed-to the'soil, r'nskingm softbedv int-o'which the seed is' ehsily pressed bythe co'verer F, which it etfectuallly buries. I l

AWhat we claim as 'our' invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is;

1.' In a. convertible corn and cottonfplontexgthe'movable metallic-box O, having separting-'wires w, x, :ind y, incombination with therl'evolyin'g forks'd ef, :ind 'the'stirrer P, substantially :isl set forth.

i2. The eombin'gzton, i'nsu'ch a machinefof the perforatedblock Q', drill R, cut-olf- S, und tongueT, so constructed and arranged that they may be, alternately with. thelcotton-,s'eedin'g mechanism,` attached substantially :is se't forth.-

3. The combination of the reciprocatingcogged,slide 'Lfrollers o g, .adjustable erjnnlcK, and driving-rod J,

for communicz'iting motion from the rollerF to the seeding-mechanism' of e'i'ther the' corn or cotton-planter, substantially asset forth, v Y j 4.' The combination of the drill-teeth b,- trnck-cleurers @and burrow` q, arranged substantially as .set forth.'

f ANDREW 'BUNSTETLER ALBERT WINDECK..

Witnesses:

E. TnUnLow, N. BAKER. 

